Is it correct that there is SSL software available for Unix systems which
acts as a proxy server, thus allowing a user agent that does not support
SSL directly to complete a secure transaction?
Also, I have heard it said that in order to use SSL, it is necessary to
generate a certificate, and apparently this is difficult even if Lynx has
been compiled with the SSL software included. Unfortunately I can't
remember the source of this information and it might therefore be
inaccurate.
Needless to say, SSL is not a W3C standard. I suppose this ought not to
preclude our discussing it, at least to the extent that it has special
implications for people who use text-based user agents such as Lynx or
Emacs/W3.